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A dragon princess is the heroine of the creation myth of Cambodia. Filipino dragons Bakunawa: The Bakunawa, who was initially a beautiful goddess, appears as a gigantic serpent that lives in the sea. Ancient natives believed that the Bakunawa caused the moon or the sun to disappear during an eclipse.
Dragon Nest (Korean: 드래곤네스트) is a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG developed by Eyedentity and available in different regions and languages. Aside from boasting a non-targeting combat and skill system within instance dungeons, Dragon Nest revolves around a rich story which is told in different points of view depending on the player's chosen class.
The Chinese dragon (simplified Chinese: 龙; traditional Chinese: 龍; pinyin: lóng) is the highest-ranking creature in the Chinese animal hierarchy. Its origins are vague, but its "ancestors can be found on Neolithic pottery as well as Bronze Age ritual vessels." [58] A number of popular stories deal with the rearing of dragons. [59]
The word dragon derives from the Greek δράκων (drakōn) and its Latin cognate draco.Ancient Greeks applied the term to large, constricting snakes. [2] The Greek drakōn was far more associated with poisonous spit or breath than the modern Western dragon, though fiery breath is still attested in a few myths.
During ancient times, Pre-colonial Cebuanos believed that their supreme god, Bathala(could also be Kaptan, the Visayan counterpart of Bathala), created 7 moons to light up the sky. The Bakunawa, amazed by their beauty, would rise from the ocean and swallow the moons whole, angering Bathala and causing them to be mortal enemies.
Dragon bones have been prescribed in Chinese medicine since at least the Shennong Bencaojing, composed circa 100 AD. [9] There is historical discussion regarding the origin of long gu recorded in the Bencao Gangmu , which compiles a wide variety of Chinese medical sources.
Zhulong / ˈ dʒ uː l ɒ ŋ / or Zhuyin / ˈ dʒ uː j ɪ n /, also known in English as the Torch Dragon, was a giant red solar dragon and god in Chinese mythology. It supposedly had a human's face and snake's body, created day and night by opening and closing its eyes, and created seasonal winds by breathing.
The Makaragala (dragon balustrade) is another kind of stone carvings which portray the Makara (dragon). These artworks used to decorate the entrance of Buddhist stupas , temples and Bo trees . There are two balustrades at main entrance of Lankatilaka Viharaya in Kandy and they are sometimes called Gajasinha balustrades because of the shape of ...